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Call Number:

PH-00012

Collection Name:

Bisson frères Photography Collection

Creator:

Bisson frères

No. of Items:

20 photographs

Span Dates:

1860s

Description:

The collection consists of 20 albumen prints by Bisson frères (French, active 1841-1864) of French architecture and ruins, and Swiss mountain scenes. All photographs date to the 1860s.

Accession No(s):

964:0376:0001-0020

Location(s):

Bisson freres Box (964:0376:0001-0009, 0011-0013, 0015-0020)
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Flat File (964:0376:0010, 0014)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Mont Blanc.
Date 1861
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 17.2 x 24.8 cm; 6 4/5 x 9 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0001
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Mer de Glace, Aiguille du Charmoz.
Date circa 1860
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 16.3 x 21.8 cm; 6 2/5 x 8 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0002
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Glacier and jagged peaks in Savoy, Mont Blanc region.
Date circa 1860
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 30.4 x 44.3 cm; 12 x 17 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0003
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Rocky mountain peak in Savoy, with climbers.
Date circa 1860
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 22.3 x 39.4 cm; 8 4/5 x 15 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0004
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Great St. Bernard Pass and Hospice.
Date circa 1860
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 22.5 x 38.7 cm; 8 9/10 x 15 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0005
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Portico of a Cathedral.
Date [c. 1855]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 44.5 x 36.3 cm; 17 1/2 x 14 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0006
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Pavillion du Louvre.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 21.6 x 15.5 cm; 8 1/2 x 6 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0007
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Palais de Justice.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 34 x 43.8 cm; 13 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0008
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Hotel De Ville - Lourain.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 45.6 x 36 cm; 18 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0009
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Leaning Tower, Pisa. 14" x 17".
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 43.5 x 36.1 cm; 17 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0010
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title View from the Molo, Venice.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 36.3 x 44.7 cm; 14 3/10 x 17 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0011
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title The Doge's Palace.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 34.4 x 45.3 cm; 13 1/2 x 17 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0012
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Detail of relief on Temple of Vespasian in the Forum, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 44.1 x 34.5 cm; 17 2/5 x 13 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0013
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Phocas column, Forum, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 36.6 x 45.5 cm; 14 2/5 x 17 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0014
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Arch of Septimius Seven, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 36.5 x 44.8 cm; 14 2/5 x 17 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0015
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Castel S. Angelo, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 34 x 45.4 cm; 13 2/5 x 17 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0016
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title The Colosseum, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 33.4 x 45.3 cm; 13 1/10 x 17 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0017
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Temple of Vespasian and Saturn, Rome.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 36.6 x 45.1 cm; 14 2/5 x 17 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0018
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title Detail relief on Arch of Titus.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 42.5 x 35.3 cm; 16 7/10 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0019
Artist/Maker Bisson frères
Title View of Berne
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 31.4 x 41.3 cm; 12 2/5 x 16 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0376:0020

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